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Tables
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Question: In your opinion, do you believe that the country is moving in the right direction or do you believe it has gotten off on the wrong track? |
| |
All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Right direction |
22% |
12 |
18 |
41 |
25 |
19 |
|
Wrong track |
65% |
82 |
66 |
43 |
61 |
69 |
|
Don't know/Unsure |
13% |
7 |
16 |
16 |
13 |
12 |
|
January 2007 |
All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Right direction |
23% |
15 |
12 |
46 |
30 |
17 |
|
Wrong track |
64% |
78 |
70 |
39 |
60 |
68 |
|
Don't know/Unsure |
13% |
7 |
18 |
15 |
11 |
14 |
|
November 2006 |
All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Right direction |
22% |
8 |
16 |
46 |
24 |
20 |
|
Wrong track |
69% |
90 |
71 |
40 |
68 |
70 |
|
Don't know/Unsure |
9% |
3 |
13 |
14 |
8 |
10 |
|
October 2006 |
All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Right direction |
26 |
8 |
20 |
51 |
31 |
21` |
|
Wrong track |
64 |
86 |
64 |
37 |
59 |
68 |
|
Don't know/Unsure |
11 |
5 |
16 |
12 |
10 |
11 |
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September 2006 |
All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Right direction |
25% |
11 |
11 |
50 |
28 |
22 |
|
Wrong track |
65% |
82 |
73 |
40 |
64 |
67 |
|
Don't know/Unsure |
10% |
7 |
16 |
10 |
8 |
11 |
|
July 2006 |
All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Right direction |
24% |
9 |
15 |
48 |
31 |
18 |
|
Wrong track |
65% |
83 |
75 |
38 |
59 |
71 |
|
Don't know/Unsure |
11% |
8 |
11 |
14 |
10 |
12 |
|
March 2006 |
All |
Dem. |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Right direction |
26% |
10 |
23 |
49 |
33 |
20 |
|
Wrong track |
62% |
82 |
66 |
35 |
55 |
69 |
|
Don't know/Unsure |
12% |
8 |
11 |
16 |
12 |
12 |
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Question: In general, do you approve or disapprove of the way George W. Bush is handling his job as President? |
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|
All |
Iraq was a mistake |
Iraq was right thing |
Men |
Women |
Jan |
Nov |
Oct |
Aug |
|
Approve |
33 |
79 |
12 |
38 |
28 |
30% |
32% |
34% |
35% |
|
Disapprove |
61 |
14 |
84 |
57 |
65 |
60% |
63% |
59% |
57% |
|
DK/mixed |
5 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
10% |
5% |
7% |
7% |
|
Question: Now, turning to Iraq… How well is the U.S. military effort in Iraq going…? |
| |
All |
Dem |
Ind |
Rep |
Jan ‘07 |
Nov
‘06 |
Oct
‘06 |
Jul
‘06 |
Jan
‘06 |
Sep
‘05 |
Jul
‘05 |
Apr
‘05 |
|
Very well |
5% |
2 |
4 |
9 |
4 |
6 |
8 |
11 |
15 |
13 |
13 |
14 |
|
Fairly well |
22% |
8 |
19 |
42 |
21 |
21 |
25 |
28 |
30 |
30 |
33 |
38 |
|
Not too well |
32% |
35 |
32 |
30 |
35 |
30 |
30 |
28 |
27 |
32 |
29 |
26 |
|
Not at all well |
36% |
50 |
39 |
12 |
35 |
40 |
34 |
30 |
21 |
26 |
25 |
22 |
|
Unsure |
6% |
5 |
5 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
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Question: Considering everything, do you think the United States did the right thing in going to war with Iraq, or do you think it was a mistake? |
| |
Party |
Gender |
Jan |
Nov |
Sept |
| |
All |
Dem |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
|
|
|
Right thing |
29% |
8 |
26 |
64 |
36 |
24 |
31% |
30% |
33% |
|
Mistake |
66% |
91 |
67 |
30 |
61 |
70 |
63% |
65% |
59% |
|
Don't know (vol.) |
5% |
2 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
7% |
5% |
8% |
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Question: How would you rate the job George W. Bush is doing as President—excellent, good, only fair, or poor? |
| |
All |
Dem |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Excellent |
7% |
0 |
4 |
18 |
9 |
5 |
|
Good |
19% |
7 |
18 |
36 |
22 |
17 |
|
Only fair |
26% |
21 |
29 |
30 |
24 |
28 |
|
Poor |
46% |
70 |
46 |
14 |
44 |
48 |
|
Don't know/Unsure (vol) |
1% |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Jan-07 |
All |
Dem |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Excellent |
6% |
1 |
3 |
13 |
6 |
5 |
|
Good |
19% |
4 |
17 |
44 |
21 |
17 |
|
Only fair |
30% |
25 |
38 |
32 |
31 |
28 |
|
Poor |
45% |
70 |
39 |
10 |
41 |
48 |
|
Don't know/Unsure (vol) |
1% |
-- |
2 |
1 |
-- |
2 |
|
Nov-06 |
All |
Dem |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Excellent |
7% |
-- |
5 |
19 |
7 |
8 |
|
Good |
19% |
4 |
22 |
38 |
20 |
18 |
|
Only fair |
24% |
19 |
29 |
29 |
23 |
25 |
|
Poor |
48% |
76 |
43 |
14 |
50 |
47 |
|
Don't know/Unsure (vol) |
1% |
1 |
1 |
1 |
-- |
2 |
|
Oct-06 |
All |
Dem |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Excellent |
9% |
1 |
7 |
19 |
10 |
7 |
|
Good |
20% |
5 |
24 |
39 |
25 |
16 |
|
Only fair |
25% |
16 |
33 |
33 |
26 |
24 |
|
Poor |
45% |
78 |
33 |
9 |
39 |
50 |
|
Don't know/Unsure (vol) |
2% |
1 |
3 |
-- |
1 |
2 |
|
Aug-06 |
All |
Dem |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Excellent |
10% |
3 |
3 |
21 |
9 |
10 |
|
Good |
21% |
9 |
12 |
42 |
22 |
20 |
|
Only fair |
26% |
24 |
37 |
24 |
29 |
23 |
|
Poor |
43% |
63 |
46 |
13 |
40 |
45 |
|
Don't know/Unsure (vol) |
1% |
1 |
2 |
-- |
-- |
2 |
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Jul-06 |
All |
Dem |
Ind. |
Rep. |
Men |
Women |
|
Excellent |
7% |
1 |
2 |
16 |
7 |
6 |
|
Good |
22% |
5 |
17 |
47 |
27 |
19 |
|
Only fair |
27% |
22 |
38 |
28 |
23 |
30 |
|
Poor |
44% |
71 |
42 |
9 |
43 |
44 |
|
Don't know/Unsure (vol) |
1% |
1 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
| Question: [Ask of Democrats and lean Democrats] Let me ask you quickly about some possible Democratic candidates for President. . If you haven't heard of any one of them, just say so. Have you heard of … [ROTATE LIST]? Do you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of … [MATCH ROTATION]? |
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Haven't heard of |
Heard of |
N= |
Favor-
able |
Unfavor-
able |
Un-
sure |
Approx-
imate
Ratio |
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Hillary Clinton |
0% |
100% |
368 |
75 |
17 |
8 |
4:1 |
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Barack Obama |
12 |
88 |
324 |
73 |
9 |
18 |
8:1 |
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John Edwards |
11 |
89 |
326 |
69 |
13 |
19 |
5:1 |
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Joe Biden |
29 |
71 |
260 |
49 |
24 |
27 |
2:1 |
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Bill Richardson |
54 |
46 |
169 |
42 |
20 |
38 |
2:1 |
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Chris Dodd |
48 |
52 |
191 |
37 |
20 |
43 |
2:1 |
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Dennis Kucinich |
66 |
34 |
127 |
37 |
22 |
41 |
5:3 |
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Now of all those candidates, which one do you think you'd be most likely to support for the Presidential nomination?
[In a random selection process, 1/2 of Democratic respondents were asked, earlier in the study, to estimate what percent of New Jersey residents ware African American; ½ of Democratic respondents were asked what percent of New Jersey residents are women.] |
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N=368 |
March
ALL |
Not Primed |
Race Primed |
Gender Primed |
January ALL |
Percent change |
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Hillary Clinton |
46% |
55% |
39% |
42% |
41% |
5 |
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Barack Obama |
18% |
17% |
14% |
16% |
15% |
3 |
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John Edwards |
10% |
6% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
-3 |
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Joe Biden |
5% |
4% |
8% |
6% |
4% |
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